CHATSWORTH
an African Diwali

From preparations for a Biriyani for 3000 in the morning, to speeches and chutneys in the evening; an audio report from Chatsworth, Durban South Africa. based on recordings made with bin-aural mic over one day:
Diwali celebration November 2009.

recordings from a talk by Orlean Naidoo about the struggles of the Chatsworth communities can be found via the link below:
http://www.archive.org/details/DurbanSings_965

quote from www.chatsworthactivists.wordpress.com:
The Westcliff Flats Residents Association is a community based organisation that is situated in Westcliff,Chatsworth. It was Established in July 1998.The organistion has been challenging goverment for the last eleven years on service issues.The organisation has twelve members that work tirelessly on a daily bases persueing the cause for a better life for the community

These clips are published to feed debate and listening exchange. Comments and responses (written or audio) or links and reports of related experiences are very welcome and can be posted to the contacts below. For audio comments or re-mixes, please up-load your recordings on archive.org (keyword: Durban Sings) and send us the links via the comment boxes of the blog.

contacts:
http://www.durbansings.wordpress.com
http://chatsworthactivists.wordpress.com
http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs
http://www.radiocontinentaldrift.wordpress.com


This audio is part of the collection: Community Audio
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Artist/Composer: radio continental drift
Keywords: Durban Sings; community; media; oral history; art-activism; Durban; KwaZulu-Natal; South Africa; Chatsworth; Westcliff Flats Residents Association; Chatsworth Activists; Diwali; Indians in SA; Hinduism, immigration, apartheidt, group areas act, civil society; social movements, Centre for Civil Society; UKZN; radio continental drift

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